Originally Posted by
europa
BTW, measurements of your body can be really misleading because they don't take into account your own flexibility, strength and riding style. For example, my hyper fit son is much the same size as me but sets up his bike very differently to his fat old dad.
So true. My son and I are almost the same height and proportions but I don't enjoy riding my son's bikes because they are set up so aggressive and with super hard skinny tires. He also tends to buy his frames a size smaller than i do so they "fit" him.